For other uses of this term, see Industry (disambiguation)

An industry is generally any grouping of businesses that share a common method of generating profits, such as the "music industry", the "automobile industry", or the "cattle industry". It is also used specifically to refer to an area of economic production focused on manufacturing which involves large amounts of capital investment before any profit can be realized, also called "heavy industry.". As-of 2004, Financial services is the largest industry (or category of industries) in the world in terms of earnings.

Industry in the second sense became a key sector of production in European and North American countries during the Industrial Revolution, which upset previous mercantile and feudal economies through many successive rapid advances in technology, such as the development of steam engines, power looms, and advances in large scale steel and coal production. Industrial countries then assumed a capitalist economic policy. Railroads and steam-powered ships began speedily integrating previously impossibly-distant world markets, enabling private companies to develop to then-unheard of size and wealth. Following the Industrial Revolution, perhaps a third of the world's economic output is derived from manufacturing industries—more than agriculture's share, but now less than that of the service sector.

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Help: I need to write a paper by Friday regarding a major problem in the Illustration/art industry. Any ideas of what problem to address?
kwisty (Kristin) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:57:23 -0000
Help: I need to write a paper by Friday regarding a major problem in the Illustration/art industry. Any ideas of what problem to address?
@ARiESRAiNE He made that song "Give You Tha Bizness" & he got slapped by more than 3 industry niggas
MrYeah614 (E HELL) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:52:59 -0000
@ARiESRAiNE He made that song "Give You Tha Bizness" & he got slapped by more than 3 industry niggas
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Live_Tips (vishal) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:52:31 -0000
NO NEW SUGAR IMPORT DEALS BY INDIAN BUYERS IN PAST 45 DAYS - INDUSTRY BODY - http://www.livetips.co.in/
#Obama wants corporate welfare for the insurance industry by Xmas so he can get back 2 giving corporate welfare 2 Wall Street. #omgfacts #p2
Sloopydrew (Sloopy Drew) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:49:08 -0000
#Obama wants corporate welfare for the insurance industry by Xmas so he can get back 2 giving corporate welfare 2 Wall Street. #omgfacts #p2
one of the fashion industry's leading retailers with top brands worn by today’s celebrities http://bit.ly/nPHvu
kazbgood (k.palmer) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:45:35 -0000
one of the fashion industry's leading retailers with top brands worn by today’s celebrities http://bit.ly/nPHvu
RT @DannyDee: How to succeed in the online music industry, by co-founder of Spotify: http://is.gd/5pgMH via @plugola
Shadoworld (Julian T Edwards CEO) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:42:25 -0000
RT @DannyDee: How to succeed in the online music industry, by co-founder of Spotify: http://is.gd/5pgMH via @plugola

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